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Prints and Drawings 276

Creator

Bruce, James, 1730–1794 134
Heath, James, 1757–1834 93
Robinson, & Co., 1764–1830 93
Balugani, Luigi Antonio Melchiorre, 1737–1771 82
Daniell, Thomas, 1749–1840 8
Daniell, William, 1769–1837 8
Unknown artist 6
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888 5
Della Bella, Stefano, 1610–1664 4
Bourne, Samuel, 1834–1912 3
Buckler, John FSA, 1770–1851 3
Redouté, Pierre-Joseph, 1759–1840 3
Abbot, John, 1751–ca. 1840 2
Bambridge, William, 1819–1879 2
Ehret, Georg Dionysius, 1708–1770 2
Hakewill, James, 1778–1843 2
Harris, John the elder, 1767–1832 2
Henderson, Peter Charles, 1719–1829 2
Huysum, Jan van, 1682–1749 2
Leitch, Richard Pettigrew, active 1870 2
Palmer, Samuel, 1805–1881 2
Richmond, George, 1809–1896 2
Ross, Horatio, 1801–1886 2
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 2
Short, John Golden, born ca. 1832 2
Sinclair, James Earl of Caithness, 1821–1881 2
Talbot, William Henry Fox, 1800–1877 2
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 2
Ward, James, 1769–1859 2
Absolon, John, 1815–1895 1

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Accessible in the Study Room 276

Image Use

Free to Use 276

Image Available

available 276

Provenance

New Online Additions

Classification

Drawings & Watercolors 153
Prints 110
Photographs 13

Collective Title

Forty-one Botanial Drawings with Notes in three Dark Green cloth Volumes 15
[One of] Forty-one Botanical Drawings with Notes in three Dark Green cloth Volumes 15
Forty-one Botanical Drawings with Notes in Three Dark Green cloth Volumes 11
An Album of 17 Views of Erlestoke House, Park and Surroundings 3
The Temple of Flora; or Garden of Nature, London: 1799-1812 3
A Course of Watercolor Painting 2
A Picturesque Tour of Italy 2
The Natural History of the Rare Lepidopterious insects of Georgia, London: 1797. Volume 2 2
A Collection of Continental Drawings, From a Set of Four Sketchbooks, 1802-1804 1
Collection of Sketches by Henry Swinburne 1
Hortus Nitidissimis Omnem per Annum Superbiens Floribus, Nuremburg: 1768. 1
Iconographie Anglaise par Reynolds et Autres 1
The Natural History of Barbados 1
The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands. Volume 2 1st. Editon. London, 1731-[43] 1
The Story of the Oak Tree 1

Period

18th century 215
19th century 43
18th century-19th century 13
17th century 5

Materials & Techniques

graphite 141
watercolor 140
laid paper 121
etching (printing process) 97
engraving (printing process) 95
gouache 79
wove paper 54
hand coloring 47
brown ink 13
black ink 12
albumen process 10
pen 10
line engraving 7
stipple engraving 5
gray wash 3
mezzotint 3
aquatint 2
chine collé 2
gum 2
oil paint 2
salted paper processes 2
white chalk 2
black chalk 1
gray ink 1
ink 1
pens 1
vellum (skin) 1
waxed-paper process 1
white gouache 1

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drawing 153
intaglio print 110
watercolor 106
photograph 13

Genre

botanical subject 276

landscape 17
still life 12
animal art 4
architectural subject 4
cityscape 1
figure study 1
historical subject 1
portrait 1

Subject Terms

botanical subject 76
leaves 19
landscape 15
study (visual work) 15
tree 15
science 14
botany 12
flowers (plants) 12
plant 11
plants 11
still life 11
trees 8
branches 5
ferns 4
fruit 4
stems 4
animal art 3
grass 3
sketch 3
twigs 3
butterfly 2
caterpillar 2
flower (plant) 2
food 2
moss 2
palm tree 2
vegetation 2
Arums 1
Paradise flycatcher 1
Southern red muntjac 1

Subject Period

Associated Places

Asia 14
England 4
India 4
Darjeeling 3
Europe 3
Italy 3
United Kingdom 3
West Bengal 3
Surrey 2
Arundel 1
Ashtead 1
Barbados 1
Burpham 1
Calabria 1
Reggio di Calabria 1
Warwick 1
Warwickshire 1
West Sussex 1

Associated People

Exhibition History

The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26) 4
Unto this Last: Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-09-05 - 2019-12-08) 3
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13) 2
Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11) 2
Edward Lear and the Art of Travel (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-09-20 - 2001-01-14) 2
Unto This Last (Watts Gallery) (Watts Gallery Trust, 2020-03-10 - 2020-11-01) 2
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31) 1
Art in Focus: John Goto's High Summer (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-04-06 - 2018-08-19) 1
Art, Artifact, Artifice (Yale University Art Gallery, 2020-02-14 - 2021-03-15) 1
English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17) 1
Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (The State Hermitage Museum, 2007-10-23 - 2008-01-13) 1
Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2007-07-11 - 2007-09-30) 1
Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-06-09 - 2008-08-17) 1
James Ward (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-05-21 - 2004-08-22) 1
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 1
Pearls to Pyramids: British Visual Culture and the Levant, 1600–1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-02-07 - 2008-04-28) 1
Photographs | Contemporary Art: Recent Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-06-20 - 2019-09-08) 1
Ruskin - Past: Present: Future (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-01-20 - 2000-02-27) 1
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05) 1
Works of Splendor and Imagination - The Exhibition Watercolor 1770-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-09-16 - 1981-11-22) 1

Credit Line

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 235
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter 8
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John D. Viener, Yale AB 1961 7
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro 5
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 5
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939 3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ira Brind and David Brind, Yale BA 2000 3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Joy of Giving Something, Inc. 3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro in honor of Amy Meyers 2
Yale Center for British Art, Anonymous Gift, The Frederick Benjamin Kaye Memorial Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Bernard Kosto, Yale 1957, MD 1962 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Chauncey Brewster Tinker 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Charles T. Isaacs 1
Yale Center for British Art, The William K. Rose and Eugene A. Carroll Collection 1

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Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

Brambles

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

Foxgloves

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

La Cava

1838
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Reggio

1847
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Burpham Oct.4.1834

1834
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Fruit trees, 3 April 1863

1863
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

A Study of Ferns, Civitella

1842
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by John Le Keux, 1783–1846

Rome from the Farnesean Gardens

1820
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Robert Robinson, active 1674–1706

Flowers in a Glass Vase with Fruit and Butterflies

1682
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Heath, 1757–1834

Kolquall

1789
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Heath, 1757–1834

Ensete

1789
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Heath, 1757–1834

Wooginoos or Brucea Antidysenterica

1789
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Heath, 1757–1834

Gaguedi

1789
Accessible in the Study Room
Henry Swinburne, 1743–1803

Tree Study

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770

Coleus edulis (Ethiopian potato): outline sketches of flowering stem,... [Read more]

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770

Aloe Macrocarpa (aloe): outline of habit, right, rough outline of... [Read more]

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770

Buddleis polystachya

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770

Gibara

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770

Gibara

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770

Ensete ventricosum

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770

Brucea antidysenterica

1769–71
Accessible in the Study Room
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770

Brucea antidysenterica

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770

Arundinaria alpina

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770

Ensete ventricosum

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770

Logheta (Grewia ferruginea)

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Heath, 1757–1834

Ergett el Krone

1789
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Heath, 1757–1834

Balessan

ca. 1789
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Heath, 1757–1834

Kantuffa

1789
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Heath, 1757–1834

Ergett Dimmo

1789
Accessible in the Study Room
Niccoló Schiavonetti, 1771–1813

Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet

1812
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Heath, 1757–1834

Geshe el Aube

ca. 1789
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Heath, 1757–1834

Papyrus

1790
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Heath, 1757–1834

Tett

ca. 1790
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Heath, 1757–1834

Balessan

1789
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Heath, 1757–1834

Sassa

1789
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Heath, 1757–1834

Kolquall

1790
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Heath, 1757–1834

Ensete

1789
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Heath, 1757–1834

Flower of the Banksia Abissinica

1789
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Heath, 1757–1834

Gaguedi

1789
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Heath, 1757–1834

Cusso or Banksia Abissinica

1789
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Heath, 1757–1834

Farek

1789
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Heath, 1757–1834

Walkuffa

1789
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Heath, 1757–1834

Rack

1789
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Heath, 1757–1834

Kuara

1789
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Heath, 1757–1834

Wanzey

1789
Accessible in the Study Room
attributed to John Linnell, 1792–1882

Tree Study (Autumn Foliage)

ca. 1828
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840

Maunoutehn

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840

Tree Sketch

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840

Tree Sketch

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840

Sketches

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840

Tree Sketch

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840

Cawpea

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840

Bongley

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840

Plant Sketches

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Julius Caesar Ibbetson, 1759–1817

Acorn Strength

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Richard Pettigrew Leitch, active 1870

Trees and Foliage

ca. 1870
Accessible in the Study Room
Richard Pettigrew Leitch, active 1870

Foliage

ca. 1870
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822

A Flower Piece

1778
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Jonathan Peter Pichler, 1765–1807

Fruit Piece

1806
Accessible in the Study Room
John Absolon, 1815–1895

Trees by a Pool

Undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867

Study of a Stone Wall

1802-1804
Accessible in the Study Room
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770

Otostegia tomentosa: outline sketch of flowering stem with details of flowers... [Read more]

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770

Aloe Pianta 2a

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770

[One of] Miscellaneous Sketches in Wrapper

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770

Arundinaria alpina

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770

Oenostachys abyssinica

1769–71
Accessible in the Study Room
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770

Ensete ventricosum

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770

Coccinea abyssinica

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770

Cordia abyssinica: finished drawing

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Heath, 1757–1834

Balessan

1789
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Heath, 1757–1834

Balessan

ca. 1789
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Heath, 1757–1834

Balessan

ca. 1789
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Heath, 1757–1834

Kolquall

1789
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Heath, 1757–1834

Kolquall

1790
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Heath, 1757–1834

Kolquall

1790
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Heath, 1757–1834

Cusso or Banksia Abissinica

1789
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Heath, 1757–1834

Flower of the Banksia Abissinica

1789
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Heath, 1757–1834

Gaguedi

1789
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Heath, 1757–1834

Flower of the Banksia Abissinica

1789
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Heath, 1757–1834

Gaguedi

1789
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Heath, 1757–1834

Wanzey

1789
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Heath, 1757–1834

Wanzey

1789
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Heath, 1757–1834

Walkuffa

1789
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Heath, 1757–1834

Walkuffa

1789
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Heath, 1757–1834

Kuara

1789
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Heath, 1757–1834

Kuara

1789
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Heath, 1757–1834

Farek

1789
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Heath, 1757–1834

Farek

1789
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Heath, 1757–1834

Rack

1789
Accessible in the Study Room
James Ward, 1769–1859

Study of a Climbing Plant (Pumpkin Family)

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770

Coffea arabica L. (Arabica Coffee): finished drawing of leafy shoot, with... [Read more]

ca. 1768
Accessible in the Study Room
Andrew Fyfe, 1752–1824

Eragrostis Tef

1775
Accessible in the Study Room
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770

Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh. (White Mangrove): finished drawing of... [Read more]

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770

Euphorbia abyssinica J.F. Gmel. (Ethiopian Tree-Spurge): finished drawing of... [Read more]

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770

Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman (African Wild Banana): finished... [Read more]

1765-1770
Accessible in the Study Room
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770

Hagenia abyssinica (Bruce) J.F. Gmel. : finished drawing

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
James Bruce, 1730–1794

Arundinaria alpina K. Schum. (African Bamboo): finished drawing of habit with... [Read more]

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
James Bruce, 1730–1794

Woodfordia uniflora (A. Rich.) Koehne: finished drawing of flowering shoot

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
James Bruce, 1730–1794

Phlomis herba-venti L. : outline of habit of plant

ca. 1769
Accessible in the Study Room
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770

Millettia ferruginea (Hochst.) Baker: finished drawing with a few details... [Read more]

undated

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